Access Project Files

•Click here to download the project files to your computer.

If you have an older version of Garageband, click here to download compatible project files.

After downloading, find the file in the Downloads folder in your Home folder. If you are using a lab computer, you might save the file on your H Drive.

The files are in a compressed zip file which may automatically expand into a folder called film_score_files. If that doesn't happen, simply double-click the .zip file to "un-zip" it.

•Open the folder and examine its contents.

It should contain a Garageband file called Scoring_File_2016.band, and a Quicktime Movie file called Blue_Pullman_2016.mov. If you do not find these files, please contact your instructor.

Read the Documentation

•Double-click the Scoring_File_2016.band icon to open the file in Garageband.

It's possible you may get a dialogue that says that it can't find your movie file. If so, click Yes, then in the resulting window, navigate to the proejct folder, then select Blue_Pullman_2016.mov.

•After the file has opened you may screen the movie if you like.

•Access the Garageband help files, and read the Garageband basic documentation and any other sections pertinent to your project plan.

Produce A Score

•Add tracks to your session that allow you to create a music score to accompany this movie.

•You may use any combination of audio or MIDI, and may use any loops or other existing music you may find.

•Incorporate at least one "software instrument" (green track or loop) and one "real audio instrument" (blue track or loop) into your project.

Tracks and loops colored green are "software instruments." This involves MIDI sequencing, which can come from loops or MIDI data that you enter using a MIDI keyboard.

Tracks colored blue are termed "real audio instrument" and would typically feature blue colored loops.

You may build your score entirely from loops, or from MIDI you input from a MIDI keyboard, or a combination. You do not have to use any kind of audio recording, though you are certainly welcome to do that. We will discuss microphones and audio input to a computer in class.

Share Your Work

•When your score is completed, go File > Movie > Export Audio to Movie, and save your file as a Quicktime movie (.mov).

•Submit your movie (.mov file) to the D2L Scoring (Garageband) dropbox. Make sure your name is in the file name.